Comments on: Ray Lewis: Dance wasn’t disrespectfulhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/
ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comSun, 02 Aug 2015 22:47:55 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: scoobies05http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2248209
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:07:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2248209drmonkeyarmy. u clearly think u know about the ray lewis case and just as clearly you know nothing. ray served time in jail paid his restitution and has done more to help others than u and i could ever possibly imagine. i suggest u learn more about whay u think u know and try again. and for steelers fans to call ray a murderer just because you dont like the ravens…your boy ryan clark had a few things to say about that…more intelligence and class than u so called fans could ever dream of…heaven forbid anyone bring up ben because well hes a steeler. its just ignorant
]]>By: johnnyballsackhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2248033
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:05:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2248033Get off Ray’s back… everyone knows that Bodymore, Murderland aka Harm City is known as the Land of the Squirrels. You’d be dancing every day too if you were playing in the NFL and getting a huge paycheck instead of sitting in a cell and making license plates with the rest of his posse.
]]>By: steelersfanfromtheseventieshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2247884
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:08:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2247884ravenscaps48 says:
Jan 9, 2013 9:33 AM
How are the Steelers doing this postseason?

What does this have to do with have to do with anything in this entire conversation?

]]>By: bobcatter23http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2246694
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:39:44 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2246694I would love to see all this stupid, self serving, celebrations/dancing? stop! Lets just make a tackle, go back to the huddle and make another play. Score a TD, either spike it and high five team mates, or just hand the ball to the ref. Old school celebrations. This is a “team” game after all.
]]>By: jabagomhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2246302
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:32:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2246302Ray is a GREAT player

IMHO, His dance is silly and classless

I appreciate his play on the field, but don’t appreciate the “Look at ME” dance.

Have some class – Act like you played in a NFL game before. Act like you have made a tackle in the NFL before. Act like you have made a TD in the NFL before.

Team comes before all players

]]>By: manningbowl88http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2246218
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:12:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2246218never personally cared for lewis to much seems like he always wants to have thoughs famous quotes everytime he steps in front a camera and can be rather annoying preaching people..

but the man had one hell of a career and that last dance for his FANS was awesome

]]>By: cortimetrixhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2246183
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:05:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2246183Disrespectful? Maybe, maybe not. But it was certainly stupid. Fewer things are discomforting than seeing a grown man behave like a little child.
]]>By: ochospantaloneshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2246170
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:01:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2246170The strangest part of this is “When he was in Pop Warner playing football, I was in Baltimore.”

Does Ray Lewis not know who Reggie Wayne is? Reggie Wayne is 3 years younger than Ray Lewis. He barely missed being Lewis’ teammate at the University of Miami.

]]>By: goodguyattorneyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2246130
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:50:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2246130Following a Super Bowl XXXIV party in Atlanta on January 31, 2000, a fight broke out between Lewis and his companions and another group of people, resulting in the stabbing deaths of Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar. Lewis and two companions, Reginald Oakley and Joseph Sweeting, were questioned by Atlanta police, and 11 days later the three men were indicted on murder and aggravated-assault charges. The white suit Lewis was wearing the night of the killings has never been found. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard alleged the blood-stained suit was dumped in a garbage bin outside a fast food restaurant.[36]

Lewis’ attorneys, Don Samuel and Ed Garland, of the Atlanta law firm Garland, Samuel & Loeb, negotiated a plea agreement with Howard, where the murder charges against Lewis were dismissed in exchange for his testimony against Oakley and Sweeting, and his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice.[12] Lewis admitted he gave a misleading statement to police on the morning after the killings. Superior Court Judge Alice D. Bonner sentenced Lewis to 12 months’ probation, the maximum sentence for a first-time offender,[37] and he was fined $250,000 by the NFL, which was believed to be the highest fine levied against an NFL player for an infraction not involving substance abuse.[38] Under the terms of the sentence, Lewis could not use drugs or alcohol during the duration of the probation.

Oakley and Sweeting were acquitted of the charges in June 2000.[39] No other suspects have ever been arrested for the crime.

On April 29, 2004, Lewis reached a settlement with four-year-old India Lollar, born months after the death of her father Richard, pre-empting a scheduled civil proceeding. Lewis also reached an undisclosed settlement with Baker’s family.

Why did he run? Where is the white suit? Why did he pay off the victims’ families? A leader? Give me a break. He knows what happened and it makes me sick to see the accoldaes he gets for his character. Good riddence Ray.

]]>By: clssylssyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2246043
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:23:00 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2246043Reggie Wayne apparently was never taught that real winners lose with class and not sour grapes…take a clue dude, this wasn’t about the Colts, it was for the fans in Baltimore and throughout the league who love that dance and recognize what a great leader on the football field and in the community Ray Lewis has been. The league is full of players who have made mistakes as rookies or early in their career however, Ray Lewis has lifted himself up and has used his celebrity helping others. Just like Muhamammad Ali aka Cassius Clay, Ray Lewis’s charisma and showmanship will be criticized by small minded bigots who don’t know any better, He is one of the all time great linebackers and will be missed by players, fans, and, most of all, the game. We love you #52, thanks for the memories Ray-Ray, and, thanks for that very awesome dance!
]]>By: pongonflhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2246031
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:20:17 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2246031I dont think that it was a taunting thing at all.
But Ray has to think how he would take it. Wayne is a quiet guy, but Ray just could not hold that last dance in…I think if Reggie watches it again, he might see the spirit it was done in.
]]>By: lopeonehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2246009
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:12:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2246009Ray was not “acquitted” of murder charges because he was never tried for murder. Again, you people are uninformed. Ray was with two friends and there were other people there who were friends of his friends. It’s those other people that were supposedly involved in the murder, so I guess through degrees of separation Ray may have been involved.

Tell me, when’s the last time someone was convicted of murder for knowing the murderer, let alone just knowing somebody else that knew the murderer?

Get your facts straight people!
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Ray Lewis was id’d by multiple eye witnesses as the assailant. A key piece of evidence, his blood covered shirt, is still missing. He then testified against the people he was with to save his own a**. The man is a human piece of sh*t and I sincerely hope you don’t believe he is actually innocent…

]]>By: johntonioholmeshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245996
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:08:25 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245996He wasn’t disrespectful to Wayne or the Colts; he was disrespectful to the game.

I swear, that dance got him into the HOF. The whole “look a me; I’m great because I say I’m great” routine worked for a number of other players too–Chad Johnson and Warren Sapp, to be specific.

Not saying Lewis didn’t have a good career, but he was great for his first 5 years and just good after that (with the exception of 2006, where he had a very good season), yet he makes every pro-bowl and will make the HOF because of it.

]]>By: lopeonehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245990
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:07:05 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245990“When he was in Pop Warner playing football, I was in Baltimore”

Ray Lewis has been in the league for 3 years longer than Reggie… Maybe Ray should pay a little more attention before he runs his mouth.

What I found disrespectful is how instead of going over and congratulating his long time former coach, Pagano, on his successful battle with cancer, Ray decided to do some stupid dance like the classless fool he is.

]]>By: asuthyohttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245973
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:02:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245973I don’t think dance itself was disrespectful so much, it was more that he did it in the middle of the field with 30 seconds left.
]]>By: rayricepuddinghttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245969
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:00:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245969@steelcurtaino6: Way to represent the Steelers fan base. You sound like a real class act:

steelcurtain06 says:
“Btw i want to fight you. i promise not to stab you and a friend to death, but i can think of nothing more pleasing than to bash your face into a bloody pulp.”

Ravenator: “Nothing to be proud about” you are bar none the biggest idiot on this site. every steelers article is constantly followed by a comment from you, retard!! and I suppose that 3 super bowl appearances in the last 8 seasons means nothing. I suppose that ending the ravens season in the playoffs in two of those seasons means nothing, and i suppose SIX LOMBARDIS IS NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF.

Btw i want to fight you. i promise not to stab you and a friend to death, but i can think of nothing more pleasing than to bash your face into a bloody pulp.

you are the reason why ravens fans hate steeler fans 6 championship congrates i do know you did buy one against the seahawks but again show some respect i show respect un like you i think the bus should be in the hof and he was a great rb but dudes grown the f up its a game stop you bitching and crying oh yeah who do you play next week you dont see you next year oh yeah 5 straight years of playoffs with a qb and a coach you steeler fans say suck

]]>By: darth71http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245959
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:58:10 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245959I bet your white wives / girlfriends liked to see that big muscled up brother dance .
]]>By: tindeauxhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245952
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:55:32 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245952losers always have bitter tastes in any situation.
]]>By: rayricepuddinghttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245943
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:53:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245943Ray was not “acquitted” of murder charges because he was never tried for murder. Again, you people are uninformed. Ray was with two friends and there were other people there who were friends of his friends. It’s those other people that were supposedly involved in the murder, so I guess through degrees of separation Ray may have been involved.

Tell me, when’s the last time someone was convicted of murder for knowing the murderer, let alone just knowing somebody else that knew the murderer?

Get your facts straight people! You sound like bitter fans who’ve had the misfortune of your teams getting shut down by Ray and his D for 11 of the last 17 years that his D was top ten and 8 of those 11 that it was top 3.

Ray was the best player at his position of all time, no argument about it. Stop discrediting him with erroneous facts.

Furthermore, come down to Baltimore and ask anyone you see what they thought about Ray’s last dance. I guarantee you they loved it. He did it for the fans, plain and simple, so quit your whining and spend that energy petitioning your team’s GM to find a player with half as much talent, leadership and heart as Ray Lewis.

If a hypocrite is someone who makes a mistake one night, and then works to make himself better/NOT shying away from talking about it ever since, how would he not be a hypocrite? By continuing to make mistakes since the first one he made?
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Brittany,or Tiffany, or whatever chick name you’re using; are you SERIOUS????

This “mistake” meant that two people are DEAD, as in “not alive anymore”.

Glad that you think since Ray and his buddies haven’t made that same “mistake” since, we should all just forget about this little matter of two dead people.

]]>By: Brittanyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245927
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:50:46 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245927drmonkeyarmy says:
Jan 9, 2013 9:28 AM
Brittany…..he is a hypocrite because he preaches leadership when at the one time in his life when he was called on to be a true leader and hero he fled. Bottom line.

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OK, and? You never once made a mistake, even a horrible one, and tried to change yourself afterward? It’s like you are giving him MORE flack for the fact he has tried to be a totally different person from the person he was that night when he made the mistake.

What does Ray Lewis have to do to be acceptable or not a hypocrite in your eyes? Does every other phrase out of his mouth have to be, “I am sorry for Atlanta”? If he kept bringing it up and saying he was sorry, you would be saying, “Stop telling us and show us.”

I will always root for Ray Lewis. It’s hard not to when all the arguments against him are illogical.

again those so call football fans and players that think the dance was disrespectful NEED to learn some damn RESPECT that man gave 17 years of his life to the baltimore ravens and the fans from baltimore and ravens fans around the world are gonna miss him ray lewis is the baltimore ravens heart and soul and if you dont like it sorry about your damn luck hey denver your next to see one of the greatest mlb ever enjoy the game

so your okay with the heart and soul of your franchise being a… well, you know what he is, so does the Lord above.

]]>By: steelcurtain06http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245911
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:45:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245911Ray’s bloody suit was never found, nor the bloody knife with the stabbers prints. he was heard threatening everyone in his limo to keep their mouths shut. he rolled on his “boys” and he testified against them. he is not a man, he is a coward. he can talk his “leader” b.s. all he wants but the fact is that he bought his way out of prison, and anyone who is okay with that deserves worse than what the two unfortunate souls in Atlanta got.

Ravenator, please tell me who you are

]]>By: steelcurtain06http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245887
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:37:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245887Ravenator: “Nothing to be proud about” you are bar none the biggest idiot on this site. every steelers article is constantly followed by a comment from you, retard!! and I suppose that 3 super bowl appearances in the last 8 seasons means nothing. I suppose that ending the ravens season in the playoffs in two of those seasons means nothing, and i suppose SIX LOMBARDIS IS NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF.

Btw i want to fight you. i promise not to stab you and a friend to death, but i can think of nothing more pleasing than to bash your face into a bloody pulp.

]]>By: Sometimes Interestinghttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245883
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:36:32 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245883Ray is upset with Reggie because Reggie was trying to make it about the Colts when it was really about Ray.

“Stop stealing my spotlight!”

]]>By: bradyisbesthttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245876
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:34:00 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245876nobody would honor this p.o.s. if he was broke and they met him in a dark alley.
]]>By: yourownfau1thttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245874
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:33:37 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245874again those so call football fans and players that think the dance was disrespectful NEED to learn some damn RESPECT that man gave 17 years of his life to the baltimore ravens and the fans from baltimore and ravens fans around the world are gonna miss him ray lewis is the baltimore ravens heart and soul and if you dont like it sorry about your damn luck hey denver your next to see one of the greatest mlb ever enjoy the game
]]>By: critterkiller33http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245871
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:33:01 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245871wonder if he did his dance after he helped stab that guy??? he belongs in jail…
]]>By: cherrybophttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/09/ray-lewis-dance-wasnt-disrespectful/#comment-2245868
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:32:18 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1640746#comment-2245868I never want to hear a Ravens fan make a “Big Ben” rape joke again after this truly farcical display of worship for someone who (at the very least) abetted a double murder. Baltimore – home of some serious sickos.

(And no, I don’t worship Big Ben like you fools do Ray Lewis. That was some shameful crap he did and he’s damn lucky he got that extended contract beforehand, IIRC. Pretty sure Pittsburgh will get tired him the second he can’t perform on the field as well, either.)